World Economic Forum puts Adolescent Girls on plenary agenda for the first time

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On Saturday January 31, 2009, The World Economic Forum will host a panel discussion, The Girl Effect on Development. This event is the first-ever plenary panel on adolescent girls and is designed to create a powerful vision for the world’s future by harnessing the power of adolescent girls.

In this era of global economic uncertainty—a critical focal point for this year’s event—a spotlight on girls is even more timely. Investing in girls today plants the seeds for solving poverty tomorrow. By investing in adolescent girls, we can ignite positive change in families, villages, cities, countries and the world.

The NoVo Foundation is proud to partner with the Nike Foundation on “The Girl Effect,” the ripple effect of development that is created by investing in adolescent girls. www.girleffect.org